Trends in reportable sexually transmitted diseases in the United States, 2006 : national surveillance data for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) remain a major public health challenge in the United States. While substantial progress has been made in preventing, diagnosing, and treating certain STDs in recent years, CDC estimates that approximately 9 million new infections occur each year, almost half of them among young people ages 5 to 24. In addition to the physical and psychological consequences of STDs, these diseases also exact a tremendous economic toll. Direct medical costs associated with STDs in the United States are estimated at up to $ 4.7 billion annually in 2006 dollars.
  
  This document summarizes 2006 national data on trends in three notifiable STDs — chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis — that are published in CDC’s report, Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2006 (available at www.cdc.gov/std/stats). These data, which are useful for examining overall trends and trends among populations at risk, represent only a small proportion of the true national burden of STDs. Many cases of notifiable STDs go undiagnosed, and some highly prevalent viral infections, such as human papillomavirus and genital herpes, are not reported at all.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Chlamydia Infections/Statistics Gonorrhea/Statistics Sexually Transmitted Diseases/trends Syphilis/Statistics
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  7 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a461c28a970cbc1b4b72550947daaf88ea508316021d38c08e066d9b1e92f26b
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/26210/cdc_26210_DS1.pdf
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